Deut.16.21

Deuteronomy 16:21

KJV

¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Forbidden Forms of Worship

Cross References

Exodus 34:13

KJV GOD

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

The LORD Renews the Covenant

The Covenant Renewed

Leviticus 26:1

KJV GOD

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

Additional Blessings of Obedience

Deuteronomy 7:5

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But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

Drive Out the Nations

2 Kings 17:16

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And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

Israel Carried Captive to Assyria

Why Israel Fell

2 Kings 21:3

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For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

Manasseh Reigns in Judah

2 Kings 21:7

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And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Manasseh Reigns in Judah

2 Chronicles 33:3

KJV

¶ For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.